Sunday, January 20, 2013

Clark's Nutcracker at Yellowstone National Park

While visiting the Upper and Lower Falls in Yellowstone National Park we got a great photo opportunity with a Clark's Nutcracker. It was perched atop two different trees at one of the lookout points. Beautiful bird. I remember it reminded me of a mockingbird but was larger, had a longer, narrower beak, and the gray coloring was very distinct.

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Great find and photos. A birding highlight for me was spotting a Clarks and ten minutes later a Lewis' Woodpecker at the far extent of their range in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It gave me, a retired history teacher, the opportunity to title a post on my nature blog "Lewis and Clark. I got a chuckle out of that one...:)